What Signal RVA may process
Information you provide
If you email Signal RVA for sponsorship, correction, legal review, or takedown requests, we receive the information you choose to send, such as your email address, the relevant URL, your relationship to the request, and your requested action.
Technical and usage information
Like most websites, Signal RVA and its hosting providers may process basic technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, requested URL, timestamps, error logs, and security events. This helps operate, secure, debug, and improve the site.
Public incident and map data
Signal RVA publishes public incident, traffic, camera, helicopter, rail, weather, and source-health snapshots. These are about public events or source signals, not visitor accounts. Map locations may still create household sensitivity, which is why the takedown workflow exists.
Third-party services
Signal RVA may use third-party infrastructure, maps, traffic-camera portals, source links, hosting, databases, Redis, and future advertising or analytics providers. Those providers may process requests under their own privacy notices and terms.
Cookies and local storage
The public site is designed to work without requiring a visitor account. The site may use ordinary browser caching, third-party map scripts, hosting security tools, or future analytics/ad technology. If advertising or analytics is added, this notice should be updated before launch.
Push alert subscriptions
If you enable browser push alerts, Signal RVA stores the browser push endpoint, public push keys, selected alert area, radius, coarse source path, timestamps, and basic device/browser information needed to send and manage priority alerts. You can block notifications in your browser settings at any time.
Retention and safety review
Legal, takedown, correction, and sponsor emails may be retained as long as needed to review requests, document decisions, prevent abuse, resolve disputes, and operate the service. Signal RVA avoids asking for sensitive documents unless truly needed.